Child&#39;s sulky.



J. N. WHEELER.

CHILDS SULKY.V APPLIoATIoN FILED 00m29.190s..

977,495. Pateted Dee. 6, '1910.

f6 han l. citizen of the United' Stat'espand resident of lines tlie'posit'ion oli the back when the occua View in detail of one end of the aXle, show- To 'all whom it 'may concern:

land cheap' vehicle oflight Weight, from is represented'in. the accompanying drawunteren JOEL iN. WHEEER, DE GENEVA, ILLINOIS.

CHILDS SULKY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 28, 1909. SerialNo. 525,144.

, Be itlnoxvn that l, JOEL N; VHEELER, a

Geneva, in the county Iof Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Childs Sullry, of which the following is a y specification. y

, My invention relates to a childs sulky and moire particularly to 'What I am' pleased to terni a' reversible sulky,'^in.which the child nia-y be conveniently pushed face foremost or drawn face foremost at pleasure, the object being to provide a strong',l convenient Which the child will not' be liable 'to be throivn by tipping either'front, back or ysidewise, Vand which may be knocked down and setup by unskilled parties.

A practical 4embodiment of iny invention ings, in which,

Figure 1 is 1 -view of the sully in' perspective as. it appears in use, showing in full pant of the sully is to be pushed and in dotted lines the position of thefback When the, occupant of' the sullty is to be drawn. Fig. 2 is an enlarged Vertical transverse section through the tongue and brace, showingthe seat support and axle in front ele-l vation, F ig.,3 is a View in detail of the brace which is connected with the tongue, showing the foot-rest adjustable thereon. -Fig et is ing;the sainein side elevation. Fig. 5 is a View of the saine in top plan, Fig. 6 is an enlargedv section in the plane oi the line A -A of Fig. 2, showing a torni of loclr in position for locking the Wheel on the spindle, and Fig. T is an enlarged section in the plane of the line B-B of Fig. 2, showing one end of the seat support locked to the axle.

' The axle is denoted by 1.y It may conveniently consist of a-slender bar of suitable metal, for example, iron, preferably circulary in cross-section, its end portions serving as spindles 2 and 3 for the reception ofthe hubs 4 and 5 of the Wheels 6 and 7.

The seat is denotedby V8. lt may conveniently consist of a thin rectangular' piece of Wood or' such width and length asmay be desired and it is supported from the axle 1 byn'ieans of a flat metal strip, the middle l portion 9 of Which extends along beneath j the central portion of the seat and is inade fast to the'seat 8 by means 'of several bolts l 10, the s'aid boltshaving their heads countersunk in .the upper face of the seat 8 ,and projecting downwardly through the supporting strip -ivliere their threaded portions are pro vided with nuts '1.1 for drawing the supporting strip into snug contact With the under -face of the seat. rflie opposite ends'of the flatk metallic supporting strip are bent outaidlyand downwardly, as shown at 12 and 13, their lower ends 14, 1 5. being bent at right angles to the aXle 1 and provided with opeiiii'igs 16, see Fig T, normally of cir.- cu'lar torni and of sutlicient size to slide over the opposite ends of the axle l.

` To secure the ends 1% and 15 to the ailes the axle is provided at the inner ends otits' spindle portions With grooves 1T. lo, see

F ig. 5,| inade.respectively in the opposite sides of the a'Xle andopposite each other,

so that when the ends 14 and 15 reach these grooyed portions, the opposite lWalls' of the openingl may be swaged into the grooves 17, 18, as clearly'shoivn at 19, 20, Fig. 7. r, lhis swaging may be conveniently accom# plished by a sharpl tap With a hammer or the said Walls may 'be simultaneously com pressed between twol pressure jaws inl any sulky is denoted by 21.' It is here shoivii made jfast to the axle 1 by means oifa clip L.) 'and to the front ot' the seat 8, by means ot 'a clip 9.3, bolted to the underside ot the seat S near the front edge of the seat.

For the purpose or' preventingl the sultry from tippingleither forward or backward to an extent which would endangerthe curity of the child sitting iii tlieisulliy. .'t'i'oiit and rear braces are provided vyyliich at the ioo saine time foi-iii supports for t'oot-rests. The

brace which l terni the front brace is at-V iarhed to the tongue 21. lt-consists of a flat secured tothe. underside.' ofthe, tangas con -iio metallic strip the forward end o-Which is,

yeniently by'ineans of a screw, as at `25, and it extends thence downwardly to a-point 2G sutlicientlylow so'thaty when the tongue'is dropped, Athe sulky'seat will not be -suifi-v cie1itly t ilted to pitch the. child out, and atthis point 26, it isv conveniently given' a short curve, as clearly shown, and'thence it extends along toward ,the axle of the VehicleI and is,4 provided with a. series ot' holes 27', see

Fig. 3, for adjusting afoot-rest :2S in difierentpositions, toward andaway -fronr the edge of the seat 8, the foot-rest being adapt'- ed at-its central port-ion to receive a bolt 29 which may pass through any one of the holes co l 27 to lock l.the foot-rest in the'f'desired position. The front brace extends thence up' wardly and rearwardly toward the tongue to which Vits Vrear end 30 is secured conveniently by ascrew. f v

The rear brace consists 'of a iia'tfstrip of metal quite like that of the'frontbrace, and

is formed in the shape of a-V, the upper branch 31 having" its end secured to the edge of the seat 8 oppositeltliat where the tongue is secured and its lower branch 32 being se-` cured at its endI to the ,lower en'd of the tongue 21 near the axle l. The lower-branch 32 ofl-the rear brace is provided with a series of holes for adjusting a foot brace 33 in 3, in connection with thefront brace. It.is intended that the curved end 31 of the rear brace'where the ktwo branches 31, 32, are united, shall be sufficiently projected `away from the body of the vehicle and toward the ground, so'that the sulky will bepreyented from tilting into' a position to 'endanger the securityofthe occupant when the tongue is tion between the-back' 35 and seat 8 of' the "sulky inv eight parts, exact duplicates of one another,.four ot' these parts'to be em-l ployed at each end oi' the sulky. Each oi these parts consists of a short iiat strip of metal denoted by 36, having holes through its opposite ends. T wo of these parts 3'6 are made fast to one end of the-.seat 8 near itsy opposite ledges, theopposite ends of the parts being directed toward one anotherv into positionto' overlap. In a similar manner 'two other of the parts are made fast to one end of the 'back 35 with their opposite -ends arranged to overlap; the overlapping ends of-theparts which lead from an end of the back having their openings made tof register with the overlapping ends oa pair of parts which lead' from the yelid- O f the'l 'end of the back -Thus'the back will be securely held in place" v bility.

.seat so' that a -single pivotal 'bolt 3T-will .fasten the ends of the' four parts together while'screws 38 maybe employed tofasteii the opposite ends of the said .parts to the and seat respectively.

and alt the same time,inay'be,lwhen it is desired to do s o, swung from the posi-tion shown infull-lines in Fig. il with the child seated therein, in position to ybe pushedrby 'the attendant, into the position shown in dotted -linesI` 1 where the Ichild may be seated therein in position to be drawn bythe attendant. 'The opposite ends of .the seat 'support secured as hereinabove described to' the axle in proximity-totheinner ends of the .'spindle portions of'. the axle serve as abutnients for the inner ends of the hubs of thewvheels and the wheels themselves inay be locked imposition on the spindles 2 and 3 |A Aby means of thin ring washers or locking pieces denoted lby 39, see Big'j, the opposite Awalls'ojw-hich may Ibe 'swaged yinto indents 40, 41, see' Fig'.' in the opposite wa'lls of. the spindles .near their outer ends, thereby locking the pieces 39 to the spindles in a manner quite similar tothatin which the opposite eiidspof the-seat support are locked tothe'axle. Y

The structure `hereinabove described is `'such that theweight of the occupant offthe sulky is transferred to the axle l, yas'closely as ymay .be to the points where the axle is supported'by the wheels, thereby-adyantageously econom'izing meta'l, in the construction of the axle for supporting a given weight .and they attachment of the. seat snugly to the 'supporting'.strip. throughout a considerable port-ion lof its length dis-- .tribut-es the weight along' the strip tothe point where its opposite ends turn toward the axle so that the strip is not liable to buckle or twist, the' attachment of the tongue to the axle' and the seat co-acting with the oppositeends of the seat support to 'form in effect a rigidly connected triangular structure of great strength and du'ra- The sulky may be conveniently shipped in av knock-down state, vthe front and rear braces, the seat support, the links for'con- 'necting theback with the seat and the lock washers andv connecting boltsand clips with the tongue, seat, back and wheels conveniently packed where there is no liability of breakage and the assembling of the parts is so simple that it maybe accomplished by any unskilled person with'a picture showing the parts assembledasla guide..

That I. claim is:

1. In a childs sulky, the combination with. the axle, of a seat support consisting of a strip of metal'having its opposite ends pro- Vided'with openings to receive the spindle endsof the axle, the said axle being prollO vided .with indents into which the Walls of said openings may be pressed to lock the support tothe axle, the middle portion of said scat supporty extending parallel with the axle, a seat made' fast tosaid extended middle portion and a tongue connectingthe seat-and axle.

2. In a childs sulky, the combination with the axle anda seatsupport in the longitudinal plane of the axle, of a seat secured to the middle. portion of the support, a tongue connecting the axle and seat, a forwardly extending and downwardly projecting brace for preventing the sully from tipping too `far toi-ward, a rearwardly and downwardly projecting brace for preventing the sulky from tipping too far rearward and foot rests adjustably lconnected toy said braces.

3. In a childs sulky provided with means for preventing it from tilting too far forward when the tongue is released, a rearwardly and downwardly projecting brace for preventing the sulky from tilting too reversible back, forwardly 'and lrearwardly projecting braces for preventing the seat 'from 'tilting too -far forwardly and backwardly .when released by the operatorwa foot-restV and means for adjusting it on'- a brace to suit different lengths of legs w liicli' `ever way the child sitting on the seat faces.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing vas my invention, I have signed my name in presence'of two witnesses, this 25th day of October, 1909.

. l 'JOELN IVHEELER. fitnessesz j i WVM. GAYLORD, MABEL A. ANDERSON. 

